Bravo assumed control of production of season 4 of Shahs of Sunset from Ryan Seacrest Productions on Friday. Work on the reality show, originally scheduled to return on Monday, October 13, has been held up by 16 editors striking for an IATSE contract. “RSP has deferred to the network’s decision for Bravo to assume all […]
Lifetime placed a 13-ep order for season three of Devious Maids, exec produced by Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria. Season two of the soapy drama, which ended July 13, made Lifetime the top cable net in its Sunday 10p time period with total females, W18+, W25-54 and W18-49.
CBS switched its game plan for upcoming Monday nights. The net will air back-to-back eps of Big Bang Theory (the second a repeat) for the next three weeks at 8p, instead of following the hit comedy with Mom, which was to have had its season two premiere September 29 at 8:30. The Millers premieres in […]
Starting this Sunday, September 28, there’ll be a double dose of CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood. After the morning news program airs on CBS, Smithsonian Channel, a joint venture of CBS Corp.’s Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution, will rebroadcast the show at 2p, and up to four times later during the week. Launched […]
Can Kathy Griffin fill Joan Rivers’ shoes? According to The Hollywood Reporter, a shortlist of potential replacements has been drawn up to take over for the late great comedienne on E!’s Fashion Police. Griffin is said to be in serious contention for the job. However, no formal talks have taken place, as the network’s executives […]
America’s Funniest Home Videos celebrates a milestone – 25 years of hilarity – when it kicks off its new season on Sunday, October 5 at 7p on ABC. The video highlights in the premiere episode include clips featuring Ice Bucket Challenges that went wrong, a music montage featuring comedic canines, and host Tom Bergeron playing […]
Vince Vaughn (The Wedding Crashers) joins Colin Farrell (Saving Mr. Banks) on season two of HBO’s True Detective, with Justin Lin (Fast & Furious) set to direct the first two episodes. Farrell will play a cop; Vaughn a career criminal.
Fox’s Gotham premiere on Monday earned a solid 3.2/10 rating among A18-49 and 8 million total viewers, up 39 percent in demo in the time slot versus the premiere of Bones last fall. The debut of CBS’s Scorpion drew a 3.2/9 rating and 14 million total viewers, up 22 percent among A18-49 versus last year, […]
Paula Deen and her digital, subscriber-based Paula Deen Network, launching Wednesday, September 24, bought the rights to 440 episodes of the celebrity chef’s shows from Food Network. Deen is scheduled to appear on NBC’s Today this morning, her first live TV interview, says the net, since her tearful appearance on the show in June 2013 […]